Rope holder and fastener



(No Model.)

- R. OSBORNE.

ROPE HOLDER AND PASTBNER.

Patented June 23,1891.

INVENTOH: X M W 3 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ROPE HOLDER AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,760, dated June 23,1891. Application filed January 13, 1891. Serial No. 377,606. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT OSBORNE, of Homestead, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rope Holders and Fasteners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for holding and fastening awning,clothes-line, and other ropes or cords; and it consists in a device ofnovel construction for the purpose, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, 1n which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the. figures.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a rope holder and fastenerembodying my invention and as secured to a suitable support, such asapost or building, shown only in part. Fig. 2'is a side elevation of thesame; Fig. 3, a sectional front elevation, taken mainly as indicated bythe line a: w in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a top view or plan. Fig. 5 is aface view of the fixed socket portion of the rope holder and fastener.

A indicates a plate or socket-piece made with a dovetail groove 2) anddesigned to be fixedly secured by screws or otherwise to a post orbuilding 13. (Shown only in part.) This grooved plate or socket-pieceserves to carry the stock and clamping portions of the rope-fastener.Said stock and rope-clamping portions of the rope holder and fastenerconsist in part of a casting C, constructed on its back with a slide 0,which may be integral with it, and is designed to fit within thegroove 1) of the plate A for the purpose of holding the stock andclamping portions 0 D and to facilitate their removal when not requiredto be used. Such stock and clamping portions virtually form the ropeholder and fastener proper. Furthermore, the casting or stock 0 isprovided with a transverse rope passage or channel (1, and the frontwall of the casing or stock above the bottom of the said passage orrecess is provided with a slot d to permit the ready insertion of therope therethrough into the said passage. In the upper part of thepassage d is loosely pivoted or riveted,

as at s, a rope-clamping cam D, serrated on its clamping-surface andadapted to press or bind the rope R to be held between it and the bottomof channel (1, within which the rope lies. On the back of the cam D is aguide e, preferably in the form of a hook, and on the under side of thecasting O in suitable relation with the hook e is another guide f, whichmay also have the form of a hook.

The rope It to be secured has its one end passed through the hook orguide eon the cam,from whence it passes along the channel d between thelatter and the cam D, and from thence through the hook or guide f. Thehook 6 serves to hold the rope bent upward along the back of the cam,sothat the harder the rope is pulled the tighter the cam will grip or holdit Within the casting C, while the hook f at the bottom of the castingserves to hold the rope should the operator desire to run it straightout from and at right angles to the rope passage or channel cl insteadof running it straight out in the direction of the length thereof. Afterthe rope has been passed through the guide f it can be carried out atany desired angle to the said rope channel or passage (1, for the saidguide f will prevent the ropefrombein g pulled out through the slot d.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rope-clamp comprising a casting or stock having a rope-passagethrough it and apivoted cam or tongue, the lowerend of which crosses therope-passage, and a rope-guide in the form of a hook on the back of thecam or tongue above its lower end, substantially as set forth.

2. A rope-clamp comprising the stock or casting having a rope passage orchannel and a slot through its outer face above the bottom of the saidchannel, the pivoted cam or clamping-tongue, and a guide on the bottomof the stock or casting, through which the rope may be passed,substantially as set forth.

3. A rope-clamp comprising a stock or body having a rope channel orpassage and a slot in its outer face for entering and removing the rope,a pivoted clamping-cam having a guide on its back, through which therope may be passed, and a guide on the lower end of the clamping-cam,and a guide 011 the back of the casting or stock, into which the ropemay be earn to receive the rope, substantially as set passed,substantially as set forth. forth.

4:. A rope-clamp comprising a casting or ROBERT OSBORNE. 5 stockprovided with a rope passage 01' ehan- WVitnesses:

nel and a slot through its face above the bot- WILLIAM MOBROWN,

tom of said passage or channel, a pivoted GHAB LES GERSTING.

